I read** this article with increasing horror.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/truth-world-built-for-men-car-crashes?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other
Many parts I recognise; the phone for example, I have a better camera but the phone is larger so harder to actually use.
I struggle to sit on most chairs easily as my feet don't touch the floor; this has caused some back issues.
I've known that most medical research has always been done on white men aged around 25.
The 'gender neutral' toilet thing is just obvious.
This quote, below, pissed me off the most, not least that there was once an AIBU where a pregnant woman was querying at what point did everyone stop driving as she was really struggling. 70% of people (roughly) said, just get on with it. The rest agreed it was challenging.
I very sadly know of a woman who was involved in a minor crash a week before her due date; the baby died.
The situation is even worse for pregnant women. Although a pregnant crash-test dummy was created back in 1996, testing with it is still not government-mandated either in the US or in the EU. In fact, even though car crashes are the No 1 cause of foetal death related to maternal trauma, we haven’t yet developed a seatbelt that works for pregnant women. Research from 2004 suggests that pregnant women should use the standard seatbelt; but 62% of third-trimester pregnant women don’t fit that design.
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AIBU to feel f****d off with a world built for men?
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DarjeelingDarllng · 23/02/2019 16:43
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